Teresa Lubarsky has been teaching dance to children and professionals on the West Coast for 25 years. She trained under Lew and Harold Christensen of San Francisco Ballet where she was a scholarship student. Her further studies include Richard Gibson of the Peninsula Ballet, Carlos Carvahal, and Anato Vilzak. In her training she received the best of Chettchetti, Russian, Royal and Bourneville.

Ms. Teresa had a very fulfilling career as a soloist with Ballet Folk Moscow, San Antonio Ballet Texas, Redwood Empire Ballet, San Francisco Dance Theater, West Coast Jazz, Alameda Dance Theater and Ballet California.

She was the Ballet Mistress for “Robert Kirkpatrick’s School Of Dance” in San Mateo, San Francisco Dance Theater, Alameda Dance Theater, and later owned and directed Children’s’ Dance Theater in Redwood City.  Upon relocating to Sonoma Co. in 1986 she was the director for the late Anita Kane, the original founder of Healdsburg Ballet, at which time Ms. Teresa directed and staged a full length Nutcracker Ballet in the years 1986 and 1987.
 
Ms. Teresa opened Healdsburg Ballet in 1994 and has choreographed several Ballets for the community including “The Night before Christmas”, “La Boutique Fantastique”, “The Magic Garden”, “Mother Goose Village”,  “Dorothy in the Land of Oz”, “Dances through Time”,  and “Alice’s Adventure’s in Wonderland”.

Tess began her training with her mother, Ms. Lubarsky, and then  continued her studies for 7 years with Keith Martin and 3 years private coaching with Marie Vegh, giving her the opportunity to be a guest artist for local ballet companies.
 

Tess continued with CRWB as an Aspirant and was able to travel and perform with the company such ballets as “Nutcracker”, “Les Syphides”, “Giselle”, and “Concerto Boroco” as well as perform in the Opera “Aida”. She was a teacher with Northbay Performing Arts and Airport Health Club as well as finding time to choreograph for us at Healdsburg Ballet and teach.  Tess is now pursuing a career in acting and modeling, but will visit us often to produce choreograph works for Healdsburg Ballet.

Tamra Brooks has been a student at Healdsburg Ballet for 9 years. She has danced several principal roles in our performances. She was accepted at Contra Costa Summer Ballet Intensive and attended California Ballet of San Diego in summer 2008 and summer 2009 she attended the world-class ballet company “Boston Ballet.” She will be teaching Ballet 1/2/3.

Danielle Sawyer has been a student of Healdsburg Ballet (Ballet and Jazz) for 13 years.  Ms. Sawyer has been a cheer leader for Windsor High School, and choreographed cheer dances. She was accepted to Joeffrey Ballet’s summer program.  Ms. Sawyer has been a beginning Jazz teacher for 1 year.

Cole Vernon has been a student of Healdsburg Ballet for 6 years and has choreographed two works for Healdsburg Ballet.  Cole is also a junior instructor for the “The Nordquist Junior Dance Club”.  Cole has received several awards in Ballet, Ballroom and Hip Hop from the “Sonoma County Dance Guild.”   He attended California State Summer School for the Arts “Inner Spark” Intensive Training Program in summer 2008 and was a scholarship recipient at “The Rock School” of Pennsylvania Ballet summer 2009.

Jenny Huse has been teaching for five years. She started dancing at three years of age.  Jenny was a soloist for the original “Ballet California”. and a scholarship recipient at “The Rock School”  of Pennsylvania Ballet.   Ms. Huse performed such roles as Chinese, Waltz of the Flowers, Dew Drop Fairy and sleeping Beauty.  She will be teaching ballet classes.

Ashlee Blosser  has been a student of Teresa’s for ten years. She has been substitute teaching for five years.  Her choreography has been included in Dances Through Time, T’was the Night Before Christmas and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Ms. Blosser attended California State Summer School for the Arts “Inner Spark” Intensive Training Program in the summer 2009.